SCARLET BOOK OF FREEMASONRY; A Thrilling and Authentic Account of the Imprisonment, Torture, and Martyrdom of Free Masons and Knights Templar, for the First Six Hundred Years: Also an Authentic Account of the Education, Remarkable Career, and Tragic Death of the Renowned Philosopher Pythagoras.
Book Details + Condition: Scarce 1893 edition (first published in 1880). By M.W. Redding. Redding & Co., Masonic Publishers (New York). Full leather binding with embossed decorations, and Masonic emblems in gilt on front cover and spine. All edges gilt. 544 pages, and illustrated throughout with full-page scenes of torture, imprisonment, etc. Complete title: SCARLET BOOK OF FREEMASONRY; A Thrilling and Authentic Account of the Imprisonment, Torture, and Martyrdom of Free Masons and Knights Templar, for the First Six Hundred Years: Also an Authentic Account of the Education, Remarkable Career, and Tragic Death of the Renowned Philosopher Pythagoras. Interior hinges cracked but binding remains tight; wear and rubbing to corners and edges; bottom of spine leather covering has been removed (and binding tape put in place for protection); text is clean and unmarked save owner's name and info on front blank endpaper.
